
When I started grad school (and knew I’d be endlessly printing papers to read over) we got one of these, for like $100 online (ebay, I think, but I don’t remember now) and it’s still working, despite already being a used printer. As you say, you pay more for toner, but it lasts for a long time. As long as you don’t care much about printing color pages (we also have a color printer we use very rarely), then it’s indeed worth the investment.
I’ve never had one of those (although I’ve probably used one in the office). Do you think it’s better/more reliable than an HP like I have?